English for Exams Karen Kovacs
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Collins Speaking for IELTS
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5 Communication
Aims: Talking about languages, keeping in touch, globalisation Making comparisons I Expressing attitude I Pronunciation: Consonants Exam technique: Giving yourself tim e to think Vocabulary: Languages 0 1 Listen to someone talking about the languages they speak. Listen again and w rite the 30 words and phrases that correspond to definitions 1 - 6 . You w ill hear the answers in order. GDI 1 the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby_________ 2 able to speak more than two languages very w e ll_________ 3 able to speak the language easily and correctly_________ U speak a language well enough to communicate about basic things__________ 5 not as good at something as you used to be because you have not done it for a long tim e _________ 6 learn something without effort over a period of tim e _________ Listen again and find five collocations with the word language that correspond to definitions 7-11. 7 a language that is spoken internationally_________ 8 a language that is spoken by only a small proportion of people in a country_________ 9 a language that is not spoken as a native language in your country_________ 10 a language that is used by many people_________ 11 a language that you speak well but that is not your native language_________ 4 0 Speaking for IELTS Unit 5 Complete sentences 1-4 with words a-e. a accents c dubbed e subtitled b dialects d loanwords 1 British and American English are different_________ of English - there are some differences in vocabulary and grammar. 2 When they are shown in cinemas in my country, American film s tend to be__________ I wish they w ere_________ instead because then I could improve my English while I watch. 3 French has a lot o f_________ from English, for example week-end, job, and jeans. 4 My friends and I speak with northern__________ Vocabulary: Keeping in touch Look at the phrases with touch and their meanings. Then complete sentences 1 -3 with the correct form of the phrases. keep in touch: write to, phone, or visit someone regularly lose touch: gradually stop writing to, telephoning, or visiting someone get back in touch: communicate with someone again after not communicating with them for a while 1 I ______________ with my old colleagues since leaving my last job, but then we were never very close. 2 He s t ill______________ with Rose although they haven’t seen each other in-years. 3 I asked John for Mel’s new number because I wanted______________ with her. You can keep in touch with people: by phone, by letter, by text message, by email, via social networking sites, like Facebook. Or you can meet face-to-face. For example, you can: meet up for coffee, go out together (e.g. to a club or the cinema or a restaurant), go round to each other’s houses. How do you keep in touch with people you know? Do you keep in touch with different people in different ways? Practise giving your answers and your reasons. Vocabulary: Globalisation Read the text below and correct the words in italics by using another form of the word. The (1) integrate_______ of the world’s economies and cultures is (2) common_______ known as globalisation. Although there is nothing new about countries (3) work_______ closely together, globalisation is now happening at a (4) remarked_______ pace. This is (5) large_______ due to (6) technology_______ advances. Television channels such as the BBC are available throughout the world, and many clothing and food brands are (7) recognised _______ to people of almost any nationality. In addition, the Internet (8) create_______ a common (9) globe_______ culture, one which is predominantly English (10) speaker________ Language and communication 41 31 CD1 IELTS Speaking Exam: Part 1 You are going to hear questions that are typical of Part 1 of the exam. Listen to each question and give your answers using some of the vocabulary you have learnt so far in this unit. Record your answers. Now listen to the sample answers. [See also Track 31, page 108.) Grammar: Making comparisons Imagine the following situation: Mark got a band score of 3.5 in his IELTS exam. Anna got a band score of 6.5. Anita got a band score of 7.0. We can use the comparative and superlative forms to compare their scores: Download Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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